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<a href="/articles/united-states-department-energy-host-multi-laboratory-cyber-defense-competition" class="title-link">United States Department of Energy to host multi-laboratory Cyber Defense Competition</a><span class="extra-created">March 15, 2018</span><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>In less than one month, over a hundred college students from across the United States will convene in one of the largest cyber defense competitions in the nation. The event, hosted and funded by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) <a href="https://www.energy.gov/oe/office-electricity-delivery-and-energy-reliability">Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability</a>’s (OE) Infrastructure Security and Energy Restoration Division, will take place on April 6-7, 2018. This event will be simultaneously hosted at three of the Department’s national laboratories: Argonne National Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.</p>
<p>The competition challenges students to respond to a scenario based on a real-world challenge of vital importance: protecting the nation’s energy-related critical infrastructure from the cyber threat. Supporting the development of a strong, agile cyber workforce is a top priority for the Department. At this year’s event, students will compete to build and defend a simulated oil and natural gas network from a team of attacking security professionals, while maintaining the energy delivery services required by a team of users and customers. This competition incorporates components to add to the realism of this scenario, including a barrage of injected “anomaly” events, by which teams can earn additional points, and users who rank teams on the usability and reliability of their delivery services. A winner will be announced at each laboratory site, and an overall winner will be announced following the event.</p>
<blockquote><p><strong>“It’s no secret that the most worrisome threat we face in the energy sector is cyber.” — Devon Streit, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Infrastructure Security and Energy Restoration within DOE’s OE</strong></p>
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<p>Through activities such as this annual cyber competition, the Department of Energy is promoting the development of a workforce of cyber professionals with competencies relevant to the energy sector, and raising awareness of the cutting edge cybersecurity and critical infrastructure innovation happening in the Department of Energy and across the national laboratories.</p>
<p>Industry fairs will be hosted alongside the competition. These fairs will enable students to explore career opportunities and network with peers while testing their skills and learning new ones. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, career opportunities for cybersecurity professionals are expected to grow over 28% by 2026, <a href="https://www.bls.gov/ooh/computer-and-information-technology/information-security-analysts.htm">faster than all other computer and IT occupations</a>. Meanwhile, according to the Information System Security Association, the gap between open positions and qualified applicants is projected to widen <a href="https://issa-cos.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/ISSA_Journal_October_2016.pdf">by over 3.5 million over the next two years</a>. Events like this one encourage students to consider careers in the field and help drive growth of the workforce.</p>
<p>“It’s no secret that the most worrisome threat we face in the energy sector is cyber. A successful and talented work force is step one to strong energy sector <a href="https://www.energy.gov/oe/energy-sector-cybersecurity-preparedness-0">cybersecurity preparedness</a> and coordinated <a href="https://www.energy.gov/oe/cyber-incident-response-and-recovery-0">cyber incident response and recovery</a>,” said Devon Streit, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Infrastructure Security and Energy Restoration within the DOE’s OE. “We’re proud to support this competition that nurtures top talent and exposes them to rewarding opportunities in cybersecurity. I would also note that accelerating the <a href="https://www.energy.gov/oe/activities/cybersecurity-critical-energy-infrastructure/cybersecurity-research-development-and">research and development</a> of resilient energy delivery systems is also critical.”</p>
<p>In the two previous years that the competition has been held, students have acknowledged the many ways the competition has helped develop their skills and careers. This has galvanized some students on the path towards a cybersecurity career.</p>
<p>“[My experience at the cyber defense competition] solidified my decision to continue working in cybersecurity as it's very much needed in today's ever-connected world,” said Oliver Hui, a student who landed a job doing cybersecurity research for the U.S. Navy following his experience in the competition.</p>
<p> In other cases, the competition experience may result in a pivot into a cybersecurity career for students who might have otherwise gone in a different direction.</p>
<p>“[These competitions] really do make an impact on those who participate and give a small peek into what the cyber industry might look like in worst-case scenarios. It's also a heck of a lot of fun,” said Daniel Stempniewicz, an undergraduate student who switched his degree focus to Windows Operating System internals and Cybersecurity after participating in the competition. Lastly, the chance to build excitement, confidence and camaraderie is unmatched.</p>
<p>“The competition was truly an interesting and unique experience. I wouldn't trade the experience for anything in the world. While the win was amazing and unexpected by me, I had a lot of fun working with my peers before and during the actual competition,” said Shawn Kim, a master’s student studying computer science who says he gained better teamwork and observation skills through the competition.</p>
<p>2018 marks the third installment of this competition. The first two competitions were hosted by Argonne National Laboratory. At this year’s event, the stakes are even higher. The event will span the nation and bring in the greatest number of students the competition has ever seen.</p>
<p>“It’s encouraging to see the growing support for this competition; we’ve received a lot of positive feedback. Clearly, students see the value of the learning opportunity it provides, and our sponsors see the value in being able to engage with promising talent,” said Argonne cybersecurity expert Nate Evans, who founded the competition.</p>
<p>To learn more about OE’s efforts to ensure a resilient, reliable and flexible electricity system, visit the <a href="https://www.energy.gov/oe/office-electricity-delivery-and-energy-reliability">OE website</a>. </p>
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</div></div></div>Thu, 15 Mar 2018 14:16:00 +0000jbarrett@anl.gov190531 at http://www.anl.govDetect locally, protect globallyhttp://www.anl.gov/articles/detect-locally-protect-globally
<a href="/articles/detect-locally-protect-globally" class="title-link">Detect locally, protect globally</a><span class="field field-name-field-article-contributor field-type-node-reference field-label-hidden"><span class="field-items"><span class="field-item even">By <a href="/contributors/steve-koppes">Steve Koppes</a> &bull; </span></span></span><span class="extra-created">January 18, 2018</span><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>When infectious diseases strike, the World Health Organization acts swiftly, coordinating with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and its foreign counterparts to contain the threat. But there is no equivalent international organization similarly dedicated to identifying and mitigating a cyberattack.</p>
<p>The<a href="https://www.weforum.org/"> World Economic Forum</a> (WEF), however, is bringing together infrastructure and technology developers, insurers and government officials from across the globe to develop strategies for responding to interconnected technological risks, including those that can cascade when hackers disrupt cyber-physical systems. Addressing these risks will be among the topics addressed at the WEF’s Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland, from Jan. 23 to 26, 2018.</p>
<blockquote><p><strong>“To have a region without power for weeks on end, especially a region that is a major economic hub, would be catastrophic, with losses potentially exceeding hundreds of millions of dollars.” — Duane Verner, resilience analysis group leader in Argonne’s Global Security Sciences division.</strong></p>
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<p>The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory is supporting this effort in two primary ways: (1) presentation of a simulated cyberattack, and (2) facilitated discussion of innovative ways to detect and protect against cyberthreats via machine-to-machine information-sharing techniques — the <a href="https://cfm.gss.anl.gov/">Cyber Fed Model</a>.</p>
<p>Last September, Duane Verner, resilience analysis group leader in Argonne’s Global Security Sciences division, presented a simulated cyberattack on the electric grid of “Big City USA.” Verner was the keynote speaker of a WEF workshop in Zurich, Switzerland. The workshop met in connection with the WEF’s initiative on <a href="https://www.weforum.org/projects/mitigating-risks-in-the-innovation-economy">Mitigating Risks in the Innovation Economy</a>.</p>
<p>The first known cyberattack to effectively cause a power outage occurred on Dec. 23, 2015, when hundreds of thousands of homes in the Ukraine lost electricity after attackers covertly updated infrastructure with malicious software that rendered the power grid inoperable.</p>
<p>“To have a region without power for weeks on end, especially a region that is a major economic hub, would be catastrophic,” Verner said. “Losses [would] potentially exceed hundreds of millions of dollars.”</p>
<p>Insurance industry representatives at the September WEF workshop stated that the financial losses from the cyberattack could have global impacts. Furthermore, they may be uninsurable.</p>
<p>To address the threat of cyberattacks against physical infrastructure, Scott Pinkerton and his colleagues in Argonne’s Global Security Sciences division began developing new ways to detect and protect against cyberthreats via machine-to-machine information-sharing techniques called Automated Indicator Sharing (AIS).</p>
<p>By 2009, the Cyber Fed Model (CFM) for “local detection, global protection” had become operational. The model is a community-based system that disseminates cyberthreat indicators in near real-time and provides defensive measures and tools to simplify use of this information. This collective approach to cyberthreat intelligence reduces the cost of defense for members while increasing the cost of attack for hackers.</p>
<p>CFM was also the model the U.S. Department of Energy used in the development of Department-wide information-sharing policies and procedures, as required by the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015. The Act was signed into law on Dec. 18, 2015 to improve the nation’s cybersecurity through enhanced sharing of information related to cybersecurity threats.</p>
<p>In November, during a WEF workshop hosted by Siemens’ Corporate Technology and Mobility at its headquarters in Munich, Pinkerton stressed the importance of rapidly sharing information about cyberthreats automatically. There is a big advantage in collaboration: Relying on humans to share details of a cyberattack can take months, while machines can be enabled to share detected threats in milliseconds. Once a participating local system spots an attack, it can be rapidly shared to enable local damage mitigation and prevent its spread.</p>
<p>The CFM framework can be adapted to fit other information-sharing formats as needed. “One size will not fit all,” said Pinkerton, Argonne’s CFM program manager. To ensure reliability, the CFM infrastructure was designed from the beginning to employ high-availability with geographically separated services.</p>
<p>“We are looking at how to defend ourselves in the here and now. This system is focused on providing operational benefits immediately,” Pinkerton said.</p>
<p>Due in part to Argonne’s success with CFM, the DOE leads the U.S. federal government in both intra-agency cyberthreat information-sharing, and in interagency information-sharing across the U.S. government and energy sector. In addition, the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act went into effect in 2015 to make cyberthreat information-sharing easier among federal agencies and the private sector by implementing AIS capabilities. The DOE was the first agency to implement AIS capabilities using a system based on Argonne’s <a href="https://cfm.gss.anl.gov/">Cyber Fed Model</a>.</p>
<p>If widely adopted, perhaps even at the global level, the Cyber Fed Model might help ensure that the Big City USA scenario remains in the hypothetical realm. The Cyber Fed Model is part of the Cybersecurity Risk Information Sharing Program (CRISP), an innovative real-time, information-sharing capability that DOE’s Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability (OE) developed by working directly with electric utilities. Using sensors on their IT networks, utilities share threat data in real-time with the CRISP program, which conducts state-of-the-art analyses using both unclassified and classified tools to identify threat patterns across the industry.</p>
<p>Prospective partners may seek more information about CFM at <a href="mailto:fedhelp@anl.gov">fedhelp@anl.gov</a>, or <a href="http://www.anl.gov/cfm">www.anl.gov/cfm</a>.</p>
<p>This research is funded by the DOE Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO).</p>
<p>Protecting the nation’s energy critical infrastructure from all hazards, including the cyberthreat, is a priority for the DOE. For nearly two decades, the OE has worked on cybersecurity issues and research and development with the energy sector and its public partners, building a trusted partnership that is foundational to the Department’s strategy of working with its partners to address growing threats and promote continuous improvement to strengthen today’s energy delivery systems, and developing game-changing solutions that will allow future energy systems to be inherently secure, resilient and self-healing.</p>
<p>With funding provided by OE’s <a href="https://energy.gov/oe/activities/cybersecurity-critical-energy-infrastructure/cybersecurity-research-development-and">Cybersecurity for Energy Delivery Systems</a> program, Argonne researchers are making power-system applications, such as those that maintain situational awareness of grid operations across wide geographic areas (so-called wide-area monitoring, protection and control), able to automatically recognize and adapt to survive adversarial intrusion. They also work closely with the Oil and Natural Gas (ONG) community to advance cybersecurity within ONG systems as well as the power grid.</p>
<p>DOE’s strategy supports the implementation of the executive order on cybersecurity, released in May 2017, which directs the Department to identify federal authorities and capabilities that can support critical energy infrastructure, and assess the nation’s response capabilities to a cyber-incident that disrupts power. In 2016, the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act designated the Department as the sector-specific agency for energy-sector cybersecurity.</p>
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</div></div></div>Thu, 18 Jan 2018 14:55:00 +0000jbarrett@anl.gov188966 at http://www.anl.govArgonne scientists capture several R&D 100 Awardshttp://www.anl.gov/articles/argonne-scientists-capture-several-rd-100-awards
<a href="/articles/argonne-scientists-capture-several-rd-100-awards" class="title-link">Argonne scientists capture several R&amp;D 100 Awards</a><span class="field field-name-field-article-contributor field-type-node-reference field-label-hidden"><span class="field-items"><span class="field-item even">By <a href="/contributors/kathryn-e-jandeska">Kathryn E. Jandeska</a> &bull; </span></span></span><span class="extra-created">November 21, 2017</span><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Innovative technologies developed by researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory recently earned multiple R&amp;D 100 Awards.</p>
<p>The prestigious annual competition — sponsored by R&amp;D Magazine and recognizing the 100 most innovative technologies of the past year — is widely considered the “Oscars” of innovation. The magazine named 169 finalists in August, with the 100 winners announced November 17 at the 2017 R&amp;D 100 Awards and Technology Conference in Orlando.</p>
<blockquote><p><strong>“We’re immensely proud of the accomplished scientists and engineers who make up the Argonne community — and particularly those individuals who earned this prestigious recognition.” - Paul K. Kearns, Laboratory Director.</strong></p>
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<p>A total of 130 R&amp;D 100 Awards have gone to Argonne scientists since the competition’s inception in 1964.</p>
<p>Argonne scientists and their winning projects include:</p>
<ul><li>Seth Darling, Jeff Elam, Ed Barry, Anil Mane, Joseph Libera and Jason Avila, “Oleo Sponge” (<a href="http://www.anl.gov/cnm">Center for Nanoscale Materials</a>, a DOE Office of Science User Facility,<a href="http://www.anl.gov/energy-systems"> Energy Systems</a> division)</li>
<li>Nate Evans and Michael L. Thompson, “Multiple Operating System Rotation Environment Moving Target Defense” (MORE MTD) (<a href="http://www.gss.anl.gov/">Global Security Sciences</a> division)</li>
</ul><p>R&amp;D Magazine honored the Oleo Sponge with three awards — R&amp;D 100 Award, Gold Special Recognition Award for Green Tech and R&amp;D Editor’s Choice Award for Mechanical/Materials research. The publication also honored Argonne’s MORE MTD technology with the R&amp;D 100 Award. </p>
<p>“We’re immensely proud of the accomplished scientists and engineers who make up the Argonne community — and particularly those individuals who earned this recognition,” said Paul K. Kearns, Laboratory Director.</p>
<h4>Oleo Sponge</h4>
<p>A novel absorbent for cleaning up oil spills from water, the Oleo Sponge can absorb up to 90 times its own weight in oil, is reusable and can collect oil both above and below the water’s surface. Oleo Sponge is manufactured by chemically treating commercial foam such as polyurethane to render it highly oleophilic (oil-attracting) and hydrophobic (water-repelling) so that it rapidly and selectively absorbs oil from an oil/water mixture. The Oleo Sponge can be wrung out to recover the oil and immediately used again.</p>
<p>Although absorbent products exist for cleaning oil from the water’s surface, Oleo Sponge is the only known technology for cleaning up sub-surface oil droplets suspended in water.</p>
<p>Principal investigators are Seth Darling, Director of Argonne’s <a href="http://www.anl.gov/science/institute-molecular-engineering">Institute for Molecular Engineering</a>; and Jeff Elam, senior chemist and group leader in Argonne’s Energy Systems division.</p>
<h4>Multiple Operating System Rotation Environment Moving Target Defense</h4>
<p>MORE MTD is a proactive defense mechanism that enhances computer system security through the rotation of multiple operating systems. This increases the uncertainty and cost of attacking while reducing the likelihood of an attacker locating a vulnerability. The rotating operating systems help isolate and protect backend data from potential impacts that could result from exploits of zero-day vulnerabilities. These are unknown weaknesses in a computer application exploited by attackers on "day zero" of awareness. The new approach ensures that the forward-facing operating system changes before the attacker can execute any code to exploit the vulnerability. The rotating operating systems create a consistently changing attack surface for remote attackers.</p>
<p>MORE MTD is one of the few functional products to emerge so far from the field of “moving target defense” research and development. Research in this area has typically focused on theoretical designs without demonstrating the feasibility and effectiveness of implemented proposals.</p>
<p>Principal investigators are Nate Evans, group lead for Argonne's <a href="https://coar.risc.anl.gov/">Cyber Operations Analysis and Research</a> team; and Michael L. Thompson, cyber security analyst at Argonne.</p>
<p>Entries that reached the finalist stage but were not named to the R&amp;D 100 include:</p>
<h4>Smart Charge Adapter (SCA)</h4>
<p>The Smart Charge Adapter can convert any plug-in electric vehicle AC charging station into a smart charging station capable of communicating with the electric grid. By allowing utilities greater control over the process, smart charging stations can help them better manage loads on the grid. </p>
<p>The Smart Change Adapter enables charging station operators to remotely control the entire process. It includes built-in Wi-Fi communication and can seamlessly stop, start and increase or decrease the charging level of any charge session. The SCA works with plug-in electric vehicle/charge station combinations without requiring that an electrician upgrade either the vehicle or the charging station.</p>
<p>The Smart Charge Adapter’s principal investigator is Jason Harper, principal electrical engineer in Argonne’s Energy Systems Division.</p>
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<a href="/technology/downloads/multiple-operating-system-rotation-environment-moving-target-defense-anl-14-020" class="title-link">Multiple Operating System Rotation Environment Moving Target Defense (ANL-IN-14-020) and Stream Splitting Moving Target Defense (ANL-IN-16-019)</a><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><strong>Technology Available for Licensing: </strong>Multiple Operating System Rotation Environment Moving Target Defense</p>
<ul><li>Systems and methods for providing a multiple operating system rotation environment (“MORE”) moving target defense (“MTD”) computing system are described.</li>
<li>The MORE-MTD system provides enhanced computer system security through a rotation of multiple operating systems. The MORE-MTD system increases attacker uncertainty, increases the cost of attacking the system, reduces the likelihood of an attacker locating a vulnerability, and reduces the exposure time of any located vulnerability.</li>
<li>The MORE-MTD environment is effectuated by rotation of the operating systems at a given interval. The rotating operating systems create a consistently changing attack surface for remote attackers.</li>
<li>ANL-IN-14-020; <a href="http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&amp;Sect2=HITOFF&amp;d=PG01&amp;p=1&amp;u=/netahtml/PTO/srchnum.html&amp;r=1&amp;f=G&amp;l=50&amp;s1=20160065612.PGNR." target="_blank">US Patent No. 9,294,504</a></li>
</ul><p><strong>Technology Available for Licensing:</strong> Stream Splitting Moving Target Defense</p>
<ul><li>This invention relates generally to systems that thwart cyber-attacks and data theft by employing moving target defense (MTD).</li>
<li>In particular, the invention relates to systems that utilize a stream splitting environment MTD to counter cyber-attack attempts and network sniffing, data acquisition attempts.</li>
<li>ANL-IN-16-019; US Patent Application No. 15/282,875</li>
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<a href="/articles/2017-cyber-defense-competition-enthralls-crowd-argonne" class="title-link">2017 Cyber Defense Competition enthralls crowd at Argonne </a><span class="field field-name-field-article-contributor field-type-node-reference field-label-hidden"><span class="field-items"><span class="field-item even">By <a href="/contributors/dave-bukey">Dave Bukey</a> &bull; </span></span></span><span class="extra-created">April 14, 2017</span><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>More than 100 college and high school students from nine states honed their cyber defense skills against experts at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory during Argonne's second annual Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition.</p>
<p>In the competition, 15 college teams defended mock electrical and water utilities from the repeated cyber attacks of a team of experts from Argonne, the Illinois and Wisconsin National Guard and the technology industry.</p>
<p>“The gloves were off,” said Matt Kwiatkowski, a cyber security manager at Argonne and leader of the "Red Team" of aggressors. “We sought to access and manipulate the college teams’ networks. But some teams learned from it.”</p>
<p>Argonne hosts the competition each year to highlight the advantages of a career in cyber security for students and to let them test their skills in real-world scenarios, said Meridith Bruozas, who leads educational programs and outreach at Argonne. </p>
<p>The seven-hour contest followed remarks from U.S. Representative Bill Foster (D-IL-11); Devon Streit, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Infrastructure Security and Energy Restoration in the DOE’s Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability; and John P. Quintana, Argonne’s Interim Deputy Laboratory Director for Operations.</p>
<p>The Red Team notched several first-hour wins, briefly cutting the lights and water utilities of the Lewis University and John A. Logan College teams.</p>
<p>As part of the “Pink Team” learning about cyber security, Jocelyn Murray, a student at Wakefield Memorial High School in Massachusetts, beamed as she helped the Red Team plot its attacks.</p>
<p>“Once we analyzed the IP addresses, we chose the type of attacks based on the cyber defenders’ operating systems,” Murray said.</p>
<p>Kwiatkowski’s Red Team also soon spotted unprotected passwords and documents hosted by the University of Northern Iowa’s team – an opening to further cyber attacks.</p>
<p>Yet the defending teams remained optimistic. Ben Holland, a graduate student and leader of the Iowa State team, stressed that his network was working perfectly after more than an hour of defense.</p>
<p>Despite a hectic week of preparation, “I had a chance to bond with my team as we had an ‘a-ha’ moment about how to build our network,” Holland said.</p>
<p>Like Holland, Ian Springer, a senior and leader of the Indiana Tech team, is a veteran of several cyber competitions and found the Argonne experience invaluable. “It’s a great opportunity to demonstrate my skills outside the classroom,” Springer said.</p>
<p>Springer’s experience grounded his team as the terrain became tricky. In the first hour, “we saw a few attacks, but managed to defend against them,” he said.</p>
<p>Throughout the day, several teams – including University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) and Dakota State University – held the Red Team at bay.</p>
<p>Ultimately, UIC won first place as Dakota State and Kansas State shared second-place ribbons.</p>
<p>The enthusiasm was infectious. “Cyber security is our biggest challenge,” said Streit, who briefly joined the fun as an ad-hoc Red Team member. “It is so rewarding to be a part of such a unique competition.”</p>
<p>The competition was so successful that it may need a bigger venue next year, according to Nate Evans, group lead for Argonne's <a href="https://coar.risc.anl.gov/">Cyber Operations Analysis and Research</a> team, which led the event.</p>
<p>In 2018, “we hope to host more teams and even coordinate teams at multiple national laboratories at the same time,” said Evans. </p>
<p>Students and schools interested in upcoming competitions can register for updates on Argonne’s <a href="http://cyberdefense.anl.gov/">Cyber Defense Competition website</a>. </p>
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<a href="/external-resource/cyber-defense-club-ties-second-place-national-cybersecurity-competition" class="title-link">Cyber Defense Club ties for second place at national cybersecurity competition</a><div class="field field-name-group-audience field-type-group field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Groups audience&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="http://www.anl.gov/">Argonne National Laboratory</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-external-resource-url field-type-link-field field-label-above"><div class="field-label">URL&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="http://www.k-state.edu/media/newsreleases/2017-04/cyberdefense4417.html" target="_blank">Cyber Defense Club ties for second place at national cybersecurity competition</a> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-extres-source field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Source&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Kansas State University</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-extres-postdate field-type-datetime field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Post Date&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2017-04-06T14:45:00-05:00">Thursday, April 6, 2017 - 14:45</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-topic-term field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Topic&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/topics/community" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Community</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/topics/education" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Education</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/946" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Cyber Defense Competition</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/topics/security" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Security</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/topics/cyber-security" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Cyber security</a></div></div></div>Thu, 06 Apr 2017 19:53:46 +0000amitchell@anl.gov171184 at http://www.anl.govDeveloping the Next Generation of Cyber Defendershttp://www.anl.gov/videos/developing-next-generation-cyber-defenders
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<a href="/articles/cyber-defense-competition-draws-students-argonne" class="title-link">Cyber Defense Competition draws students to Argonne</a><span class="field field-name-field-article-contributor field-type-node-reference field-label-hidden"><span class="field-items"><span class="field-item even">By <a href="/contributors/greg-cunningham">Greg Cunningham</a> &bull; </span></span></span><span class="extra-created">April 26, 2016</span><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>More than 75 aspiring cyber defenders from across Illinois and Iowa converged Saturday on the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Argonne National Laboratory to take on the challenge of Argonne's first Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition.</p>
<p>The competition provided a strong challenge for eight teams from seven colleges, forcing them to defend simulated power utility networks from a variety of realistic attacks by a "Red Team" made up of cyber experts from Argonne and industrial partners.</p>
<p>"We intentionally didn't make it easy for them," said Nate Evans, group lead for Argonne's <a href="http://coar.risc.anl.gov/coar-summer-internships-now-open/">Cyber Operations Analysis and Research</a> (COAR) team, which developed the competition. "We wanted to make this as challenging and realistic as we possibly could."</p>
<p>Opening remarks for the event were provided by U.S. Representative Bill Foster (D-IL-11) and Major General Richard Hayes, adjutant general of the Illinois National Guard.</p>
<blockquote><p><strong>"That's the value of this type of competition, because it's hard to see how things actually work without hands-on experience. You need both the classroom and the practical experience of actually doing it."</strong></p>
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<p>Over eight hours of competition, the teams of cyber defenders huddled around multiple monitors, doing their best to fend off the attacks, all the while keeping an eye on the scoreboard and the small lightbulb that indicated power was still flowing through their virtual electric grid.</p>
<p>One of the first successful attacks elicited groans and laughs in the room as the Red Team took over the website of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) team, flashing a picture of Ronald McDonald with the title "McOwned." Other website hacks replaced the homepage with photos of cats in humorous poses.</p>
<p>Chris Cordi, a senior on the UIUC team, said his team found the competition very valuable, despite the website attack.</p>
<p>"This event was incredibly well put together, especially considering it's in its first year," Cordi said. "We've learned a lot of very valuable information today."</p>
<p>Over eight hours of spirited attacks, the Red Team managed to switch off the power to three of the team's grids and took over a half dozen websites. In the Red Team room, the environment was hushed as attackers schemed to develop new techniques to pressure the defenders. The Red Team was made up of cyber professionals from Argonne, students from Mississippi State University and volunteers from cyber companies such as Juniper Networks.</p>
<p>Evan McBroom, junior at Mississippi State, said the Red Team experience was valuable because any good cyber defender must understand the attacking mindset to be able to counter their actions.</p>
<p>"That's the value of this type of competition, because it's hard to see how things actually work without hands-on experience," McBroom said. "You need both the classroom and the practical experience of actually doing it."</p>
<p>In the end, the team from Iowa State University edged out the competition, successfully defending its grid network from multiple attacks.</p>
<p>Todd Combs, Argonne's interim associate laboratory director for Energy and Global Security, said the competition was a huge success, with plans already underway for an even bigger event next year.</p>
<p>"It was amazing to see the excitement and dedication from all of these students," Combs said. "That's what this competition was all about — inspiring that next generation of cyber defenders that will carry our work forward."</p>
<p>Several of the competitors will be returning to Argonne this summer, joining a team of a dozen interns working with the COAR team to gain further hands-on experience in cyber defense.</p>
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<a href="/articles/top-9-tips-how-prevent-cyber-break-ins" class="title-link">Top 9 tips on how to prevent cyber “break-ins”</a><span class="field field-name-field-article-contributor field-type-node-reference field-label-hidden"><span class="field-items"><span class="field-item even">By <a href="/contributors/diana-anderson">Diana Anderson</a> &bull; </span></span></span><span class="extra-created">March 7, 2016</span><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><em>This article was originally published in the <a href="http://www.anl.gov/downloads/argonne-now-spring-2016">spring 2016 issue</a> of </em>Argonne Now<em>, the laboratory's science magazine.</em></p>
<p>Mike Skwarek, Argonne’s Cyber Security Officer, is an expert on how to protect yourself today in the information age. He’s shared some tips on how to keep personal information protected and hackers at bay.</p>
<p><strong>1. Protect passwords.</strong> “They’re just like your toothbrush. Don’t share your password with other people and get a new one every six months.”</p>
<p><strong>2. Do not "remember." </strong>When your computer or mobile device asks if it should “remember” your password, is it safe? “Never allow this!” Skwarek warned. “Do not trust a machine to remember your password. If you okay this, your password is saved on the device and your security can be shattered in one quick hack.”</p>
<p><strong>3. Purchase separately. “</strong>Designate one credit card as your online purchase card and keep that card capped at a certain dollar figure to ensure that fraud is kept at a minimum, just in case it’s compromised,” recommended Skwarek. “That way, you don’t have to cancel and change multiple cards if something happens.”</p>
<p><strong>4. Stay up-to-date. </strong>Version updates and patches block holes that hackers can wiggle in through. “Some of our most used devices are mobile. Just because a device is in your pocket doesn’t mean it’s safe from attacks,” said Skwarek. “Make sure you apply patches and version updates to your mobile devices and home computer regularly.”</p>
<p><strong>5. Run a firewall.</strong> A firewall is a protection fence, denying access from the internet into your computer without your permission. “This is how you avoid having someone hack into your machine,” advised Skwarek. “However, you still need to patch your computer regularly. Maintain your security network just like you would a real fence. Holes and open gates let anyone in.”</p>
<p><strong>6. Source your apps.</strong> How do you know if you can trust an app and how do you know if it’s an authentic version? “Consumers should read up on who does a good, or poor, job of vetting apps on their sites and stores for malicious software. A recent study found that the number of malware-infected apps in one major store nearly quadrupled to 42,000 from 2011 to 2013.”</p>
<p><strong>7. Trust, but verify.</strong> It’s good to be suspicious online. “If you get an email from a long-lost loved one asking for money or an email from a company offering you money if you click on a link and provide log-in credentials, be suspicious. Cyber phishing attempts often tug on your heartstrings or present an offer that’s too good to pass up.”</p>
<p><strong>8. Limit personal info.</strong> Limit sharing of personal information. “Why does this company, website, or person need my information?” Skwarek said. “I usually ask how they’re going to store my information and how they’re going to protect it. We don’t want to challenge people all the time, but these are things we should be asking in order to protect our interests.”</p>
<p><strong>9. Share cyber sources.</strong> Help get the word out. “Cyber issues are a global problem, not just a U.S. problem. Young people should talk to their parents and their grandparents about cyber security,” suggested Skwarek. “We should all be socializing what the potential threats are and how individuals can protect themselves.”</p>
<blockquote><p><em>Find out more about the airborne "secret life" of another Argonne cyber security expert at </em>The Secret Lives of Scientists.</p>
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